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Topic: Sports Fitness

Children

- How Parents Can Encourage Girls to Play Sports - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Youth Strength Training: It's OK As Long As Y - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Youth Athletics: Finding the Right Sport - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Do You Know How to Feed Your Child Athlete? - Nemours Foundation
- Exercises for Young Athletes - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Directories

- Directory of Sports Organizations for Athletes wit - American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- AOSSM Directory: Find a Doctor - American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
- Sports Medicine Clinic Directory - McGraw-Hill Companies

Newsletters/Print Publications

- American College of Sports Medicine Fit Society Pa - American College of Sports Medicine

Nutrition

- Fast Facts about Sports Nutrition - President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
- Carbo-Loading: Boost Your Endurance during High-In - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Organizations

- National Center on Physical Activity and Disabilit -
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeleta -
- President's Council on Physical Fitness and S - Dept. of Health and Human Services
- American College of Sports Medicine -

Prevention/Screening

- Pre-Participation Physical Examinations - American College of Sports Medicine

Related Issues

- Steroids and Sports: A Dangerous Mix? - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Sports and Vision - American Optometric Association
- Know Your Sports Shoes - American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
- In the Zone: Training Your Mind As Well As Your Bo - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Calculate Your Exercise Heart Rate Range - American College of Sports Medicine
- Athletic Shoes - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Specific Conditions

- How to Fit a Mountain Bike - McGraw-Hill Companies
- Stretching: Focus on Flexibility - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Timely Tips for Tennis Types - McGraw-Hill Companies
- Tips for Snowboarders - American Academy of Family Physicians
- Training for a 5K Fun Run: A Schedule to Help You - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Weight Training: Are You Using Good Technique? - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Teenagers

- Teen Lifestyle: Help Your Student Athlete Find the - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Teen Athletes and Performance-Enhancing Substances - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Sports and Exercise Safety - Nemours Foundation
- Importance of Pre-Participation Physicals - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Handling Sports Pressure and Competition - Nemours Foundation
- Guide to Eating for Sports - Nemours Foundation
- Female Athlete Triad - Nemours Foundation
- Dehydration - Nemours Foundation

Women

- Female Athletic Triad - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Sports and Women Athletes: The Female Athlete Tria - American Academy of Family Physicians